Zaireeka

Zaireeka #1

I went to Alamo Drafthouse’s road show of Zaireeka by the Flaming Lips. It was pretty cool. I went with Jeff Shaevel and Mike. It was located pretty close to my house in Old Settlers’ Park. There were four huge inflatible movie screens and speakers that were on the outside of the viewing area in the middle.

Zaireeka #2

While we waited, Mike tried playing Go with Jeff.

Zaireeka #3

Once the sun had set, we listened to a couple of groups. The first group was the Austin Theremonic Orchestra. After them, Pong played for us. I liked them. They sounded like the B-52s.

And then, of course, the main show started. 4 CDs, 4 sound systems, 4 movie screens. People got up from their chairs and moved into the middle. You could only watch one screen at a time and keep track of the two in your peripheral vision. So, you had to rotate occasionally to see what the screen behind you was up to.